The Tooltips feature is a pop-up used to deploy messages or guides anywhere inside a platform’s interface. It provides specific and timely information to users according to task, page or user profile (e.g survey, message, new feature, new guide, announcement). A Tooltip provides contextual information to users as they navigate a software. A Tooltip can support users in a variety of ways with one objective: to guide the user through a tool.
What does a Tooltip look like?
The Tooltip icon appears as an ‘i’ for information within a speech bubble, for easy identification. Tooltips appear according to task, page or user and are activated with a click:
Tooltips are discreet and provide short, quick pieces of information to help accompany a user.
What are the different types of Tooltips?
A Tooltip provides information about a specific area of a software.
A Tooltip can fulfil different goals:
- Inform the user by providing additional information when entering a text.
- Validate a data entry by indicating the fields to be filled in and the expected information.
- Provide access to an interactive guide by launching a function of the guide.
How is a Tooltip created?
A Tooltip is created in the Lemon Learning editor. Editors can create or modify a Tooltip without the need of code.
A Tooltip can be placed anywhere in an interface, and on any target. The editor selects and authors its position, text, and triggers.
What are the benefits of a Tooltip?
A Tooltip makes it possible to launch a targeted message or guide, anywhere in a software interface. Its goal is to boost engagement and guidance for improved handling and overall digital adoption.
A Tooltip benefits include:
- Deployment according to task, page, or user profile
- Pop-up deployment anywhere in a software interface
- Tailored user guidance
